The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) (2001-2003)

[Troy73]

Originally Posted by Tibor Lugosi

Really?!

Name 10 A-list actors from the UK. Christian Bale and Daniel Craig are the only ones that come to mind, and that's only due to Batman and 007. No contest.

A more correct statement would be "supporting actors from across the pond are way better".

Liam Neeson
Colin Farrell
Hugo Weaving
Micheal Caine
Helen Mirren
Sam Worthington
Jason Statham
Clive Owen
Cate Blanchete
Ewan McGregor

all UK and arguably A-List.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Troy73

Liam Neeson
Colin Farrell
Hugo Weaving
Micheal Caine
Helen Mirren
Sam Worthington
Jason Statham
Clive Owen
Cate Blanchete
Ewan McGregor

all UK and arguably A-List.

To add to the list:

Jim Broadbent
Michael Gambon
Dame Maggie Smith
Gary Goldman
Peter OTool
Richard Harris
Alan Rickman
Ralph Fiennes
Jason Isaccs
Helena Bonham Carter
Bill Nighy
Sir Alec Guinness
All are/were A-list actors/actresses in my book and the list could go on.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Troy73

Liam Neeson
Colin Farrell
Hugo Weaving
Micheal Caine
Helen Mirren
Sam Worthington
Jason Statham
Clive Owen
Cate Blanchete
Ewan McGregor

all UK and arguably A-List.

Cate Blanchete is Australian and Hugo Weaving is Nigerian.

[Troy73]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Cate Blanchete is Australian and Hugo Weaving is Nigerian.

You're right. Sam Worthington is from NZ/Aus so I guess he's out too. Hey, I tried.

[Aquel]

Well, I watched the Fellowship for the very first time yesterday (I have watched the TE, though that has been several years ago). The green tint is of course there (some scenes worse than others), using the warm setting on my tv seemed to improve it a bit. Overall quite pleased with it, the detail is very good.

The AQ was great, good definition and the bass was quite heavy (didn't expect that it would be Gandalf who was going to rock the room ).

[Tibor Lugosi]

Nice try, but those are B list at best.
A list means they can open a movie just on name alone.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Troy73

You're right. Sam Worthington is from NZ/Aus so I guess he's out too. Hey, I tried.

No, Worthington was born in England.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Tibor Lugosi

Nice try, but those are B list at best.
A list means they can open a movie just on name alone.

You seem to be qualifying A-list by whether they're part of the US-specific celebrity system, and whether your average American would recognise their name. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it is a distinction from a very subjective perspective, and of course the celebrity list doesn't necessarily map onto the list of quality acting abilities.

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

No, Worthington was born in England.

A bit of hair-splitting there, Nut. He moved here to Oz when he was very young, and did all his schooling here. Sam considers himself an Aussie.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

You seem to be qualifying A-list by whether they're part of the US-specific celebrity system, and whether your average American would recognise their name. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it is a distinction from a very subjective perspective, and of course the celebrity list doesn't necessarily map onto the list of quality acting abilities.



A bit of hair-splitting there, Nut. He moved here to Oz when he was very young, and did all his schooling here. Sam considers himself an Aussie.

Well, no it's not. Where you're born is where you're born. Hugo Weaving moved from Nigeria when he was little, but that doesn't change the fact that he was born in Nigeria.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Well, no it's not. Where you're born is where you're born. Hugo Weaving moved from Nigeria when he was little, but that doesn't change the fact that he was born in Nigeria.

Sure, but the question isn't simply about where they were physically born, as if nothing else formative had happened since. In terms of acting styles and abilities, surely what's significant is the culture a specific actor grew up in and the styles and manner of expression he/she learnt. In terms of acting styles and cultural mannerisms, Weaving is Australian, not Nigerian.

A lot of people termed American actors and actresses were physically born elsewhere as well. That doesn't prevent their being considered American now.

[Revengo]

Sorry for intrusion... can anyone confirm is there a copy of this bluray extended movie with CROATIAN subtitles or will there be one!?

Thanx!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Revengo

Sorry for intrusion... can anyone confirm is there a copy of this bluray extended movie with CROATIAN subtitles or will there be one!?

Thanx!

I know the U.S. and U.K. versions don't have it, but you might want to check the German version. I am seriously doubting it though because most BDs don't have Croatian subtitles.

[Constitution 101]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Foreign to whom, kimosabe?

Foreign to the U.S., where most known actors are from.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Constitution 101

Foreign to the U.S., where most known actors are from.

My whole point, right there.

[Revengo]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I know the U.S. and U.K. versions don't have it, but you might want to check the German version. I am seriously doubting it though because most BDs don't have Croatian subtitles.

I know... most of them don't have it, but special editions like this usually do. Bought few weeks ago SW collectors BD edition in store and it had CRO subtitles. Usually they put Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, etc subtitles on one edition and then it goes on our market... ahhh well... I hope they will make such edition!

[philzilla]

Originally Posted by Troy73

You're right. Sam Worthington is from NZ/Aus so I guess he's out too. Hey, I tried.

the disturbing part is thinking Sammy is a A-List actor

[punisher]

UK version is now 60 bucks shipped to US

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by philzilla

the disturbing part is thinking Sammy is a A-List actor

He's really not that great. I am didn't really like him in Terminator: Salvation or Clash of the Titans, but he's not awful either. My biggest beef with him is that he mumbles half of his lines. Thank God for subtitles.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Tibor Lugosi

Really?!

Name 10 A-list actors from the UK. Christian Bale and Daniel Craig are the only ones that come to mind, and that's only due to Batman and 007. No contest.

A more correct statement would be "supporting actors from across the pond are way better".

Anthony Hopkins
Ian McKellan
Colin Firth
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gary Oldman
David Thewlis
Simon Pegg
Kenneth Branagh
Daniel Radcliffe
Colin Farrel

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Anthony Hopkins
Ian McKellan
Colin Firth
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gary Oldman
David Thewlis
Simon Pegg
Kenneth Branagh
Daniel Radcliffe
Colin Farrel